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In his letter to the editor of April 22 (“A bilingual Kennedy”), Bob Mathes asks, “What is going on in America?” when U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III speaks ... “a foreign language in Faneuil H...

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Posted May. 6, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 6, 2013 at 6:07 AM

Posted May. 6, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 6, 2013 at 6:07 AM

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In his letter to the editor of April 22 (“A bilingual Kennedy”), Bob Mathes asks, “What is going on in America?” when U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III speaks ... “a foreign language in Faneuil Hall to a group of people that included many illegal immigrants.” How does Mr. Mathes know there were illegal immigrants there?

I have a few answers for Mr. Mathes:

1. I say good for Rep. Kennedy to have some ability in a foreign language. More of us U.S. citizens should work on that.

2. I also think we can assume that Rep. Kennedy was exercising his guaranteed right of freedom of speech, and where better than in historic Faneuil Hall?

3. I don’t know what Mr. Kennedy said, but it is possible that he was sending out the word to all that there is a way, though not easy, to live legally in the U.S.A.